濁 – voiced, uncleanness, wrong

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1883 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 濁 means voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダク、ジョク (daku, joku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is にご.る、にご.す (nigoru, nigosu). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダク	daku
On’yomi	ジョク	joku
Kun’yomi	にご.る	nigoru
Kun’yomi	にご.す	nigosu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・虫・買・勹.

Words using 濁

濁るにごるto become muddy清濁せいだくgood and evil

Example sentences

川は泥で濁っていた。

The river was cloudy with silt.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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